Dr.
Omer
Yehezkeli
- Biotechnology & Food Engineering
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
English, Hebrew
- Discipline Chemistry, Engineering, Life Sciences
- Chemistry Field Analytical Chemistry, Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Sustainable Energy and Environment
- Engineering Field Bioelectrocatalysis, Bioengineering, hybrid
- Life Sciences Field Catalysis, Enzyme
Research Interests
The research in our group is multidisciplinary, shifting from biochemistry and bioengineering to bioelectrochemistry and nanotechnology.
We use the unique properties of nanomaterials (electrical, optical) in conjugation with enzymes to gain synergetic effect in catalysis and sensing. Our goal is to construct novel biohybrid systems with unnatural triggers for enzyme’s activation. To achieve that, we use electrodes or nanomaterials which allow directed or mediated electron transfer into the enzymes active sites.
We use the unique properties of nanomaterials (electrical, optical) in conjugation with enzymes to gain synergetic effect in catalysis and sensing. Our goal is to construct novel biohybrid systems with unnatural triggers for enzyme’s activation. To achieve that, we use electrodes or nanomaterials which allow directed or mediated electron transfer into the enzymes active sites.
Selected Awards
American Chemist Postdoc Award 2015
